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Switzerland
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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a federal republic in Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in western-Central Europe, and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2. The establishment of the Old Swiss Confederacy dates to the medieval period, resulting from a series of military successes against Austria. Swiss independence from the Holy Roman Empire was formally recognized in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The country has a history of armed neutrality going back to the Reformation, it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815, nevertheless, it pursues an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. In addition to being the birthplace of the Red Cross, Switzerland is home to international organisations. On the European level, it is a member of the European Free Trade Association. However, it participates in the Schengen Area and the European Single Market through bilateral treaties, spanning the intersection of Germanic and Romance Europe, Switzerland comprises four main linguistic and cultural regions, German, French, Italian and Romansh. Due to its diversity, Switzerland is known by a variety of native names, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera. On coins and stamps, Latin is used instead of the four living languages, Switzerland is one of the most developed countries in the world, with the highest nominal wealth per adult and the eighth-highest per capita gross domestic product according to the IMF. Zürich and Geneva have each been ranked among the top cities in the world in terms of quality of life, with the former ranked second globally, according to Mercer. The English name Switzerland is a compound containing Switzer, a term for the Swiss. The English adjective Swiss is a loan from French Suisse, also in use since the 16th century. The name Switzer is from the Alemannic Schwiizer, in origin an inhabitant of Schwyz and its associated territory, the Swiss began to adopt the name for themselves after the Swabian War of 1499, used alongside the term for Confederates, Eidgenossen, used since the 14th century. The data code for Switzerland, CH, is derived from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica. The toponym Schwyz itself was first attested in 972, as Old High German Suittes, ultimately related to swedan ‘to burn’

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HC Davos
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Hockey Club Davos is a professional Swiss ice hockey club based in Davos, Switzerland. Davos play in the Swiss National League A, the team is usually a strong force in the league and often bolster their roster with Swiss national team players and players who once played for National Hockey League teams. HC Davos also has hosted the annual Spengler Cup tournament, an invitational competition and it is generally referred to by its abbreviation HCD by the fans. The team had the worst attendance of the National League A for the 2016-17 season, HC Davos was founded in 1921 and was quite successful, dominating the Eastern Swiss championship for over three decades from 1926 to 1960. However, the team was relegated into 1, liga in 1990, one of the lowest points in its history. After a new beginning, the moved into Nationalliga B. Davos has been among the best teams in the league since, with recent league championships in 2002,2005,2007,2009,2011, in 1923, Davos presented the first Spengler Cup, one of the oldest tournaments in sports still being played. As the local team, Davos plays in tournament as well. Figures are updated after each completed NLA/NLB/1, note, Pos = Position, GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, P/G = Points per game HC Davos official site Spengler Cup official site

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Villars HC
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HC Villars is an ice hockey team in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland. They play in the Swiss 1, the club was founded in 1908 as one of the founders of the Nationalliga A. They played in the Nationalliga A in the 1960s, Villars won the league title in 1963 and 1964. NLA champion,1963,1964 NLB champion,1962,1974 Swiss 1

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Lausanne HC
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Lausanne HC is an ice hockey team based in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, which competes in the National League A - the top tier of Swiss hockey. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, the HC Lausanne signed National Hockey League players like Martin St. Louis and Andy Roach. During the 2014-15 season, their second in the National League A, founded in 1922, the Lausanne Hockey Club is one of the oldest clubs in Switzerland. They played for sixteen years at Chalet-à-Gobet, in the city heights, in 1938, LHC moved their headquarters to Montchoisi where, in 1941, they merged with Star HC to become the Montchoisi Hockey Club. On November 6,1949, the team of Lausanne chose their original name and it is with this name that they started off in the Swiss national league. Relegated to Nationalliga B in 1954, they powered back to the Nationalliga A on March 2,1957, for the next seventeen years, LHC remained at the Nationalliga B level where they had occasional success. On February 18,1978, in front of over 7,000 fans, Lausanne Hockey Club obtained promotion to Nationalliga A, after three seasons spent in the highest league, LHC, following the loss of a player in a car accident, was relegated to NLB. They remained there from 1981 to 1984 before falling to the 1, liga while also moving to the International Ice Center at Malley where they still play today. They then played one season in first League and made a trip to NLB. Three years later they reached the finals in 1989 and obtain their promotion to NLB, in 1992, the club’s survival was threatened by a bankruptcy. The team saved itself from relegation to the 1, the season 1993-1994 saw participation in the finals to access the national League A, finals played in five games against Rapperswil, the latter winning it over. At the beginning of the 1994-1995 season, Lausanne Hockey Club was designated as the Nationalliga B favorite to access the NLA, against GCK Lions during the finals and after five games, the decisive match was won by Lausanne 8 to 0. In the 1995-1996 season, after a series of losses the club decided to fire their head coach, the change didn’t prevent Lausanne from being relegated to NLB at the end of the season. During the following four seasons, the LHC occupied the middle of the NLB ranking until 2000-2001 when they were at the head of the championship during almost the whole season, Lausanne won the title of champion of NLB and defeated HC La Chaux-de-Fonds for the promotion games. Winning against the HCC in six matches, LHC was back in NLA for the 2001-2002 season, after a relegation in the 2004-2005 season, Lausanne played the role of “favorite” for the other teams of the NLB. The club tried to reach a NLA once again through promotion, but failed twice in the promotion games 2008-2009 and the 2009-2010 seasons, losing both times against EHC Biel in seven games. In the 2012-2013 season, after a slow start into the season, Lausanne won the NLB championship for the 7th time. In the following games, Lausanne defeated the SCL Tigers in six games to reach again the NLA for the 2013-2014 season

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Gstaad
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Gstaad is a village in the German-speaking section of the Canton of Bern in southwestern Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Saanen and is known as a ski resort and a popular destination amongst high society. The winter campus of the Institute Le Rosey is located in Gstaad, Gstaad has a population of about 9,200 and is located 1,050 metres above sea level. During the Middle Ages it was part of the district of Saanen belonging to the Savoyard county of Gruyère, the village core developed at the fork in the trails into the Valais and Vaud. It had an inn, a warehouse for storing trade goods, the St. Nicholas chapel was built in the village in 1402, while the murals are from the second half of the 15th century. The village was dominated by farming and agriculture until the great fire of 1898. It was then rebuilt to support the tourism industry. The construction of the Montreux-Oberland Bernois rail road in 1905 and the construction of ski runs, the first ski school in Gstaad open in 1923. In a short time there were more than 1,000 hotel beds in the region, the residents, hoteliers, shopkeepers and tourist offices helped to promote Gstaad to international attention. They supported the construction of ice rinks, tennis courts, swimming pools, ski jumps and ski, the first ski lifts at Funi opened in 1934-44, and was followed by a number of gondolas, ski and chair lifts. The Gstaad Palace opened in 1913 as Gstaads first luxury hotel, in 1942 the Saanen-Gstaad airfield was opened for military and civil aviation. Helicopter rides were added later and in 1980 balloon flights became available as well, during the World Wars and the Great Depression, the tourism industry suffered and many hotels closed. After World War II, many of the large hotels remained closed, most of the modern resorts and small hotels are built out of wood and retain traditional design elements. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Gstaad has a continental climate. Situated in the Berner Oberland, Gstaad is home to one of the largest ski areas in the Alps, the middle of the village features a picturesque promenade bounded by numerous shops, restaurants, art galleries, and hotels. Long known for its walking and hiking trails of varying degrees of difficulty, Gstaad is also known for its ski and cross-country slopes and winter hiking trails. Gstaad, named The Place by Time magazine in the 1960s, is known for its famous part-time residents. Buckley, Jr. and various members of the House of Cavendish, many British bands and musicians would play at LAtelier, a club in Gstaad, in the 1960s and 1970s, one such band was Merlin Q, who stayed a whole winter